Advanced Data Visualization
Parking Violations
Which area should drivers keep in mind to avoid parking violation tickets when driving in D.C.?
Risk Level of Parking Violations for DC Neighborhoods
When you hover on a polygon it will show the neighborhood’s name. Clicking on a polygon, the tooltip will show the neighborhood’s name and the overall number of tickets issued in this neighborhood from 2020 to 2023.
The figure shows the risk level of getting parking violations for each D.C. neighborhood. Each polygon represents the boundary of a neighborhood and the shade of color represents its risk level of parking violations.
From this map, it can be seen that the neighborhoods in the central and southwest parts of D.C. issue the most parking violation tickets, with the highest risk of receiving parking violation fines in neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Union Station, and Logan Circle. The risk in the outer neighborhoods is relatively lower, which includes Forest Hills, Hill East, Kent/Palisades, and Twining. The neighborhoods on the southernmost and northeastern outskirts of D.C. have the lowest risk, including Bellevue, Marshall Heights, and Shepherd Park.
Have parking violation fines changed over the course of 2023?
Similar to moving violations, parking violations also saw a highly right-skewed probability distribution of violation fees. Some key insights include the following: the highest fee was for vehicles greater than 22’ street parking at $1000 USD. There was also slight fluctuation in fines for unauthorized parking in a bus lane as well as illegally parking in reserved residential spaces for those with disabilities, with discrepancies of $50 USD and $250 USD respectively. Thus, over 2023, we were able to see that while most parking violations had consistent fees, there were a few exceptions to fluctuating violation prices.
Parking Violations Fine Amount Over Time